Chapter 772 Liang Zhu Goes to the World

After the break, Lin Wanqing answered the question - "Liang Zhu".

"Guanghan Palace Breaking the Array" was to stir up the atmosphere, "Yun Gong Swift Sound" was to show foreigners that symphony can be done this way, and the next two pieces belonged to the cultural bullying of flying dragon riding on the face, and "Er Quan Ying Yue" was to promote the erhu to the world again.

Among them, "Yun Gong Swift Sound" has a relatively strong cultural output color, and this song can prompt foreigners to deepen their understanding of Sun Wukong.

And "Liang Zhu" is the protagonist of this cultural output.

There are many well-known love stories in Chinese history, among which the four most influential and widely circulated ones are "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", "Meng Jiangnu Crying at the Great Wall", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" and "The Legend of White Snake".

Among them, the love story described in "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is more in line with foreigners' understanding of love.

Freedom, romance, loyalty until death, and sacrifice for love, this story has all the beautiful factors about love.

Cultures are different, but love is common, and everyone yearns for a beautiful love story.

The full name of the violin concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang in 1958.

This is a milestone in the nationalization of Chinese symphony. It perfectly combines Western symphony with Eastern folk music and Yue Opera tunes. This is a new attempt.

This "Liang Zhu" is frequently performed in various large-scale occasions at home and abroad. It is one of the business cards for the external publicity and exchange of Chinese culture.

This song has a wide influence all over the world.

Before the performance began, Lin Wanqing told everyone a story, the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

The Chinese audience is naturally familiar with it, but foreigners don’t know it, so Lin Wanqing tells the story in English.

"More than 1,700 years ago, Zhu Yingtai, a daughter of the Zhu family, loved reading and wanted to go out to study. However, women were not allowed to show their faces in public at that time, so she took her maid and dressed as a man."

"On the way, she met Liang Shanbo, who was also going to study. The two hit it off and became friends, and went to study together."

"After three years of studying together, the two became more and more emotional. However, the Zhu family was a famous and wealthy family. They looked down on Liang Shanbo and promised Zhu Yingtai to Ma Wencai."

"The tragedy began to happen."

"The Zhu family broke all this beauty. Liang Shanbo became depressed and died of illness. Zhu Yingtai committed suicide in front of his grave, and the two turned into a pair of butterflies."

Lin Wanqing told it very simply. This story was just an introduction to let the audience know that there was such a story. The specific content needed to be obtained by the audience from the music.

The audience listened very carefully. Although Lin Wanqing told it very simply, the story structure was reflected. This is a love story that can be praised and moved.

Xu Nuo raised his hands and the scene became quiet.

"Liang Zhu" is divided into three parts: the presentation part, the development part and the recapitulation part. Each part is divided into several small parts, and each small part has a different theme.

The music starts, this is the introduction part.

The soft tremolo of the harp, coupled with the sound of the flute and the oboe, creates a beautiful spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River with birds singing and flowers blooming.

This part is called "birds singing and flowers blooming".

Spring, no matter in which country, is a season that everyone yearns for. The audience seems to have really seen the scenery of spring.

The picture sense of music sometimes conveys more than the real picture.

The audience heard the sound of birds singing, saw butterflies flying, and even smelled the fragrance of flowers.

The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the scenery is charming, and at this time the violin intervenes in the music.

The high note of the violin is like the heartbeat of two people meeting for the first time. It is love or friendship. In short, it is the sound of heartbeat.

The violin and cello complement each other, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai become sworn brothers.

This form of question and answer clearly shows the scene of the two people becoming sworn brothers.

The violin is Zhu Yingtai, gentle and delicate, and the cello is like Liang Shanbo, calm and free and easy. The big and small violins blend with each other, and the affection is lingering.

The symphony is cheerful and lively, just like the beautiful appearance of love at the beginning.

The rhythm of the following cadenza and classmates' reading is also much faster.

The mood of music is controlled by the faster the rhythm, the happier it sounds, and the faster the rhythm, the sadder it is.

In the stage of reading "Liang Zhu" with classmates, the rhythm is cheerful and bright, and the violin solo and the orchestra ensemble are performed alternately. Happiness is the theme of this stage.

However, happiness is always short-lived, and three years of classmates passed by in a flash.

It's finally time to say goodbye.

Xu Nuo gently picked up the baton in his right hand and raised his left hand.

Eighteen farewells.

The symphony changed from fast to slow, and the sounds of violin and cello disappeared.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump~"

The music is very slow, just like the footsteps of the parting people who can't move, and the eyes that can't be moved away.

This kind of reluctance to part, looking back every three steps, gradually penetrated into the hearts of the audience.

The violin sounded again, and Du Tao's violin had already reached a superb level.

The violin, which was like crying and complaining, was reluctant to part, and the sound was gentle and low.

The cello and violin were affectionate and inseparable.

Eighteen farewells, Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo were even more reluctant to part.

The intermittent violin sounded very much like Zhu Yingtai's hesitant look.

The emotions in the music were vividly interpreted.

The first part of the presentation ended, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai parted briefly.

The second part begins with the development of the brass music, which is solemn and serious, just like the hierarchical feudal system.

The brass music is overwhelming, and the sound of the violin is not weak at all.

Zhu Yingtai is actively resisting, resisting her parents, resisting feudal autocracy, and resisting the arrangement of fate.

The intermittent violin is desperately fighting against the arrangement of her parents. The sound of the violin is getting more and more intense, and the sound of the brass is getting more and more majestic, which makes people breathless.

As a woman, in the feudal era, it takes great courage to fight against her parents.

Xu Nuo raised his left hand, and the conflict between the violin and the brass reached its peak, followed by a fierce drum set.

Xu Nuo raised both hands and gently pressed down.

The fierce conflict disappeared, and the violin was melodious.

Zhu Yingtai finally met Liang Shanbo again.

The violins and cellos seemed to be expressing their feelings, thoughts, joy, sorrow, sadness, pain, resentment...

Meeting on the tower, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were filled with mixed feelings.

The violin and cello were so lingering that it made people's hearts ache.

After Liang Shanbo left, Zhu Yingtai was still fighting and struggling.

However, what Zhu Yingtai waited for was the news of Liang Shanbo's death.

At this moment, Zhu Yingtai was as dead as ashes.

The violin's solo in rubato was almost dripping with blood.

The alternation of solo and chorus was Zhu Yingtai's tearful accusation.

She accused feudal autocracy, her parents' old-fashionedness, and the injustice of fate.

The symphony reached its climax, and Zhu Yingtai committed suicide by throwing herself into a grave.

The music took a sharp turn, and Zhu Yingtai was about to turn into a butterfly.

Turning into a butterfly is a unique romance in China.

"Romeo and Juliet", as a Western love story, is also a tragedy, but the final ending of the two is just one person taking poison and the other drawing a sword to commit suicide, lacking a kind of final romance.

Transformation into butterflies is the final destination of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

Living together and flying together was their wish before death, but it was realized after death.

The last part of "Liang Zhu" is called transformation into butterflies.

The fierce conflict disappeared, and the music returned to the appearance of spring flowers.

The audience seemed to see two butterflies chasing and playing happily in the flowers.

The scenery is still the same, the spring is bright, the birds are singing, and the flowers are fragrant.

The tragic story has a sunny ending.

This may be the only light that Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai can have.

It is this ray of light that guides them from the dark hell to the world.

This pair of unfortunate mandarin ducks is too miserable. The only sunshine in their lives is brought by each other. If they fall into endless darkness together in the end, no one will bear it.

If the end is still dark and sad, it would be too miserable for the couple.

This is the last hope in despair.

Xu Nuo raised both hands, slowly pressed down his left hand, and gently moved the last note with the baton in his right hand.

"Liang Zhu" ended here.

The audience actually listened to the whole piece of music that lasted more than 26 minutes.

Or "watched" it. They saw the smiling Zhu Yingtai, the handsome Liang Shanbo, and their beautiful and sad life.

Some people felt a little bit on their faces, and they reached out to touch it and found that tears had slipped from the corners of their eyes.

There was a pause, and then applause broke out.

The warm applause quickly spread throughout the audience.

The audience just thought it was nice to listen to, and this song told them a beautiful story.

But the masters sitting in the front row saw something else.

"Du Tao's ability has improved a level since the last time I saw him."

"Perhaps in time, he can become a true violin master."

Francisco shook his head, "Perhaps he will never have another chance."

Wells thought, "Yes, if he takes over as a conductor, he may never be able to go any further."

"Xu is the most worthy of attention, and this person is more terrifying."

Francisco stared at Xu Nuo and sighed, "He is only 25 years old, I dare not imagine how much potential he has not yet developed."

"I have heard his "Yellow River Cantata", which is a perfect symphony."

"Chinese music is finally going to the world stage." Wells turned his head to look at Francisco, "It is a great country with a great cultural heritage, and now they have a great genius."

"Will he participate in the performance at the end of the month?"

"I don't think he will refuse."

The masters talked about Xu Nuo, and the audience cheered and applauded wildly.

A song "Butterfly Lovers" made the Chinese audience feel sour in their hearts, and the eyes of foreign audiences were red.

The performance was coming to an end, and it was Lin Wanqing's turn to perform.

Of course, one song "Cloud Palace Swift Sound" was not enough, so Xu Nuo also prepared a chanting song.

He wanted to use the entire Magic City Symphony Orchestra to accompany her.